Choices

Chapter 35

We sat around the living room and I was strumming my dad's guitar. I was singing Skinny Love by Birdy. Everyone was listening to me sing. Becca was sitting on Taylor's lap on the chair across from me. Matt was sitting by Shawn, Jacob, Sam, Dillon, Nash, and Hayes on the big couch. Everyone else was standing around them.

I started singing and playing Say Something by A Great Big World. Shawn joined me.

'Say something I'm giving up on you

I'll be the one if you want me to

Anywhere I would of followed you

Say something giving up on you

And I will stumble am feeling so small

It was over my head

I know nothing at all

And I will stumble and fall

I'm still learning to love

Just starting to crawl

Say something I'm giving up on you

I'm sorry that I couldn't get to you

Anywhere I followed you

Say something I'm giving up on you'

I stopped and sat there. My eyes were focused on the guitar. Everyone was staring at me. I looked up and they all looked speechless. Why though? I'm not even that good.

"Wow." Nash said.

"Wowza." Cameron whispered.

"What?" I replied.

"That was amazing." Jack J stated.

"Nahhh, but thanks." I told him. My phone buzzed. It was notifications from Vine. It read: 'Nash Grier, Mahogany *LOX*, Cameron Dallas, and 2 others tagged you in a Vine.'

They did not. I checked the vines and they were of Shawn and me singing. It sounded okay. But okay is never good enough.

"You should sing with me at MagCon." Shawn offered.

"I can't sing in front of that many people." Laughter burst from the room. What were they laughing at? Did someone make a joke?

"You just sang in front of us, I think you're fine." Mahogany said.

"Fine's not good enough." I replied.

"You're amazing." Matt walked over to me and kissed my cheek. I smiled and he walked into the kitchen. Everyone went off and did their own thing.

Matt, Sam, Carter, Jack J, Jack G, and I all stayed at the house. Becca and Taylor went to see Godzilla. Hayes and Nash went to see their other siblings. Cameron, Aaron, Dillon, and Sam went go karting. Mahogany went to visit other friends.

"What do you guys want to do?" Carter said.

"Watch movies?" Sam suggested.

"Go to the beach?" Cameron asked. He liked anything that allowed him to take his shirt off.

"YAAAASSSSSS!" Dillon yelled. Everyone laughed. Matt ran over to me and asked me if I wanted to go.

"Umm, yeah. But I don't want to go swimming." I replied.

"Why?"

"Because." He frowned. He walked to his room. I walked to mine. I changed into mint green shorts and a light blue tank top. I put my blue flip flops and black ray bans. After that, we all met back downstairs after a couple minutes. They all had swim trucks on. We were ready to go. We walked to the beach, seeing that it was five minutes away.

When we got there, they all just ran right in. I walked to the dock. I put my headphones in and listened to music. Ed Sheeran came on. I closed my eyes and sang along in my head.

I opened my eyes and saw the beautiful sky. The sun was setting and vibrant colors blanketed the sky. It was

gorgeous. After a couple moments, Matt sat next to me. He was still wet. His hair was slicked back and he was shirtless. His arm slung around my waist. I leaned on his shoulder. A click sound was made from behind us. Carter took a picture and posted it to Vine. I checked my phone and it captioned: 'Love birds.' He tagged Matt and I. We haven't told the tans we were together. They don't even know Nash and I broke up yet. Whatever. The comments started to roll in.

'Cheater

Whore

Slut

She's cheating on Nash

I don't like her

Why is her name Haley? It should by whorely.' That's cool. Hate is always great right? Because that always boosts people's confidence. I set my phone down.

"Ignore it. That's what I do." Matt was reading the comments and must've saw me reading them too.

After a little bit, we got up and walked home. All of us did. We all changed into pajamas and laid down on my couch. Matt and I laid together. Jack G turned Frozen on.

About twenty minutes into the movie, I fell asleep in his arms.

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I'm at Becca's house right now. It's fun. Hope you liked it. Song: Say Something by A Great Big World. ~Haley(: